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34.Dd March 16, 1991
35.Dt SLATTACH 8
36.Os BSD 4.3
37.Sh NAME
38.Nm slattach
39.Nd attach serial lines as network interfaces
40.Sh SYOPNSIS
41.Nm Slattach
42.Ar ttyname Op Ar baudrate
43.Sh DESCRIPTION
44.Nm Slattach
45is used to assign a tty line to a network interface,
46and to define the network source and destination addresses.
47The following operands are supported by
48.Nm slattach :
49.Bl -tag -width Ar
50.It Ar ttyname
51Specifies the name of the tty device.
52.Ar Ttyname
53should be a string of the form
54.Ql ttyXX ,
55or
56.Ql /dev/ttyXX .
57.It Ar baudrate
58Specifies the speed of the connection. If not specified, the
59default of 9600 is used.
60.El
61.Pp
62Only the super-user may attach a network interface.
63.Pp
64To detach the interface, use
65.Dq Li ifconfig interface-name down
66after killing off the
67.Nm slattach
68process.
69.Ar Interface-name
70is the name that is shown by
71.Xr netstat 1
72.Sh EXAMPLES
73.Bd -literal -offset indent -compact
74slattach ttyh8
75slattach /dev/tty01 4800
76.Ed
77.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
78Messages indicating the specified interface does not exit, the
79requested address is unknown, the user is not privileged and
80tried to alter an interface's configuration.
81.Sh SEE ALSO
82.Xr netstat 1 ,
83.Xr netintro 4 ,
84.Xr ifconfig 8 ,
85.Xr rc 8
86.Sh HISTORY
87The
88.Nm
89command appeared in
90.Bx 4.3 .
91